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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
Progress Mfg. Llc, Provo, UT (US);
Jed K. Anderson, Lindon, UT (US);
David F. Lundgreen, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Jason R. Harper, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Dexter Axle Company LLC, Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A trailer hitch including a tube having ball socket, a top plate connected to the tube, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball. The trailer hitch also includes a lower plate, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball, and where the lower plate is connected to the top plate via first and second sidewalls, and the top plate, lower plate and first and second sidewalls form a space. The trailer hitch further includes a slide plate positioned within the space and configured to slide between the top plate and lower plate, where the top plate includes an opening designed and configured to receive a hitch ball, and the slide plate may be configured to move between an open position and a closed position, where the open position enables a hitch ball to pass through the opening of the slide plate and the closed position prevents a hitch ball from passing through the opening in the slide plate.